Why I Built Purple — And Why It Took 20 Years to Get Here
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Purple is effect of many, many years of humble software development, experience delivering real products, great people sharing experience with me and vision of tool I wanted to have to test AI capabilities locally.
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So I trained my own LLM model and I would do that again!
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I was writing Go applications since 2016 and I was able to go thru various dependencies management systems including famous at some point DEP and now built-in go modules. While go dependency management came long road in language history it still has one major flaw – all dependencies are downloaded from Internet, mostly from github […]
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Some time ago, I built a locally running AChat client, which was a powerful tool for AI-assisted tasks. With the release of DeepSeek-R1—an even faster alternative to Meta’s LLaMA—I saw an opportunity to enhance my setup further. DeepSeek-R1 offers improved inference speed and efficiency over Meta’s LLaMA I used before, so in short, it’s faster […]
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I live in an apartment complex with multiple overlapping Wi-Fi signals. Each apartment has its own router, which is usually configured to operate at maximum power by default. This causes significant wireless interference, often degrading the quality of my own Wi-Fi. Although I can monitor my Internet access via Grafana, my family members need a […]
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Single device networks Generally, when you sign a contract with an ISP, he will provide you with an all-in-one, cost-effective router that has everything built in. It is a Wi-Fi access point, router with integrated switch, and sometimes, it has an additional built-in battery backup or modem/converter if needed. This setup is cheaper to produce […]
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Living in an apartment has some pros, especially in the Bay Area, where rent is not cheap, but it definitely has cons. I’ve been lucky to find a business-managed apartment complex that is clean, in a very good location, has all the amenities, and has large apartments where I can fit all my post-North Carolina […]
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I’m excited to share the release of Autobuild-Go, a tool designed to automate and streamline the build process for Golang microservices, particularly in environments with monorepos. This tool emerged from a need to handle multiple microservices more efficiently, eliminating the manual overhead that comes with building them one by one. Why Autobuild-Go? In our case, […]
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